Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi, On 2020-03-10 00:46, jimlux wrote: > On 3/9/20 2:36 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> In message <3899483.rfyw6ut...@linux-5fgm.suse>, Matthias Welwarsky >> writes: >> >>> I've actually been thinking of using a Kalman filter to find the >>> "true value" >>> of the EFC. I just couldn'

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi, On 2020-03-09 22:31, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message <20200309222553.e5b65b79daa2ee195cf13...@kinali.ch>, Attila Kinali > writes: >> On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:44:59 + >> "Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote: >> >>> I'm thinking 24h (to minimize GPS periodicities) frequency measurement

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi, You probably want a long-time-constant steering of the FLL from the phase, to make sure any residue frequency offsets and low-frequency parts keeps the phase-control within range. Cheers, Magnus On 2020-03-09 15:04, Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi > > If you go that way, just run a pure FLL for the “m

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread jimlux
On 3/9/20 2:36 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message <3899483.rfyw6ut...@linux-5fgm.suse>, Matthias Welwarsky writes: I've actually been thinking of using a Kalman filter to find the "true value" of the EFC. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the theory yet. Yeah, they are hard to

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Matthias Welwarsky
On Montag, 9. März 2020 22:45:28 CET Attila Kinali wrote: > [1] "Kalman Filtering", by Dan Simon, 2001 > http://aug-roma.wdfiles.com/local--files/progetti:arpinpero/Kalman_filtering > .pdf Nice. Particularly, since the chosen example is vehicle cruise control, which is pretty much what a GPSDO do

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:33:32 +0100 Matthias Welwarsky wrote: > I've actually been thinking of using a Kalman filter to find the "true value" > of the EFC. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the theory yet. If you are not afraid of matrices and linear algebra, than I found that [1] is a good in

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 21:31:00 + "Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote: > >Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like a > >simplified version of a Kalman filter, with the only > >predicted variable being the frequency of the LO. > > I think this has many names. Definitely. If you leave out the

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <3899483.rfyw6ut...@linux-5fgm.suse>, Matthias Welwarsky writes: >I've actually been thinking of using a Kalman filter to find the "true value" >of the EFC. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the theory yet. Yeah, they are hard to get started with, there seems to be only two

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Matthias Welwarsky
On Montag, 9. März 2020 22:25:53 CET Attila Kinali wrote: > On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:44:59 + > > "Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote: > > I'm thinking 24h (to minimize GPS periodicities) frequency measurement > > and adjustment, with a continuous very weak proportional phase adjustment > > to come with m

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20200309222553.e5b65b79daa2ee195cf13...@kinali.ch>, Attila Kinali writes: >On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:44:59 + >"Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote: > >> I'm thinking 24h (to minimize GPS periodicities) frequency measurement >> and adjustment, with a continuous very weak proportional ph

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:44:59 + "Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote: > I'm thinking 24h (to minimize GPS periodicities) frequency measurement > and adjustment, with a continuous very weak proportional phase adjustment > to come with measurement noise and rounding errors ? Please correct me if I'm wrong

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <4892914a-b4d6-47a6-9b10-eb18376fc...@n1k.org>, Bob kb8tq writes: >Hi > >In this case the “phase” is phase correction of the output rather than PLL …. And a much smaller phase correction, because it is not trying to also steer the frequency. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi In this case the “phase” is phase correction of the output rather than PLL …. Bob > On Mar 9, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Matthias Welwarsky > wrote: > > On Montag, 9. März 2020 15:04:40 CET Bob kb8tq wrote: >> Hi >> >> If you go that way, just run a pure FLL for the “main loop” and do the phase >

Re: [time-nuts] HP5071A parts available

2020-03-09 Thread Tom Knox
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Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Matthias Welwarsky
On Montag, 9. März 2020 15:04:40 CET Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi > > If you go that way, just run a pure FLL for the “main loop” and do the phase > on top of that. Assuming you are disciplining an OCXO, it works pretty well > …. Even more so if you keep time tagged phase ( to do frequency from phase) >

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Matthias Welwarsky
On Montag, 9. März 2020 14:44:59 CET Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > In message <1593455.ijmom2w...@linux-5fgm.suse>, Matthias Welwarsky writes: > >> Backing up a bit …. the objective is not to minimize overshoot or > >> keep the loop from oscillating. The issue here is optimizing the nois

[time-nuts] HP5071A parts available

2020-03-09 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
Hi, Over the last weekend, I took apart an HP5071A with a high performance tube option.  The tube was entirely exhausted but as far as I am aware, other components are still in good shape.  I'm keeping the front panel, CBT, and an oven oscillator but other parts are available.  If someone needs

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi If you go that way, just run a pure FLL for the “main loop” and do the phase on top of that. Assuming you are disciplining an OCXO, it works pretty well …. Even more so if you keep time tagged phase ( to do frequency from phase) and can look at some very long tau “frequency” as a section of th

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Matthias Welwarsky
On Samstag, 7. März 2020 15:35:22 CET Tobias Pluess wrote: > Hi, > I am sure it is theoretically possible to find an optimal control loop > design if you have accurate models of the OCXO and for the behaviour of the > 1PPS pulse. > TvB has written a GPSDO simulator which allows to code different PL

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <1593455.ijmom2w...@linux-5fgm.suse>, Matthias Welwarsky writes: >> Backing up a bit …. the objective is not to minimize overshoot or >> keep the loop from oscillating. The issue here is optimizing the noise >> output of the combination of GPS + OCXO when combined via >> the co

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-09 Thread Matthias Welwarsky
On Sonntag, 8. März 2020 02:08:25 CET Bob kb8tq wrote: > Hi > > Backing up a bit …. the objective is not to minimize overshoot or > keep the loop from oscillating. The issue here is optimizing the noise > output of the combination of GPS + OCXO when combined via > the control loop. It’s a very dif